Science & Technology

The Indiana University College of Arts and Sciences has launched an innovative career support program for students pursuing the more than 80 majors offered in the College. The Arts and Sciences Career Communities model actively engages students in their career development from the time they declare a major through graduation and beyond.

Defense and industry researchers will join scientists from Indiana University and other academic institutions in a groundbreaking forum Oct. 12-13 designed to foster collaboration on mutual technology challenges and regional economic growth.

A $1.9 million grant from the National Institutes of Health's National Eye Institute to Indiana University will advance based research on the eye disease using the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster as a model species.

The IU School of Informatics and Computing will welcome leaders from the public and private global technology sectors to "Research Horizons," sparking conversations about how research drives innovation.

Newly published research by Indiana University scientists finds that low relative humidity in the atmosphere is a significant, growing and often under-appreciated cause of plant stress in hot, dry weather conditions. The finding suggests that models used to gauge the impact of drought on ecosystems should be refined to more accurately account for the role of low atmospheric humidity.

The best time in September for viewing Saturn with a telescope will be the early evening hours when it is higher in the sky. Its largest moon, Titan, will be due north of the planet Sept. 9 and 25 and due south Sept. 16.

Indiana University researchers who want to launch a company based on their innovation and strengthen its bottom line now have access to business services through IURTC's Spin Up entrepreneurship program.